The School of Fencing (1787)
- Author
- Domenico Angelo
- Year
- 1787
- Art
- Fencing
- Type
- Technique
- Level
- Study & history
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Public domain
Summary
1787 English edition of Domenico Angelo’s L’École des armes: the small sword, with its famous plates.
Why it matters
Angelo made fencing a gentleman’s education in London; his book was reproduced in Diderot’s Encyclopédie.
Original edition
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- Internet Archive: bim_eighteenth-century_the-school-of-fencing-wi_angelo-domenico_1787
- Summary and notes: WABUKAN.